Does anyone here have any "feel" for the "Battery disconnected" and "Battery reattached" log entries? The rebooting came as a result of me turning off modems, router, external drives, monitor, cordless phone and finally, the computer, trying to locate a quiet but annoying "chirp". The "chirps" stopped when I tilted the UPS to look at the front panel. As you can see, log entries stopped at as suddenly as they started.
[root@madeleine ~]# grep apcupsd /var/log/messages | grep Aug Aug 1 22:56:20 madeleine apcupsd[3342]: Battery disconnected. Aug 1 23:11:36 madeleine apcupsd[3343]: apcupsd 3.14.3 (20 January 2008) redhat startup succeeded Aug 1 23:11:36 madeleine apcupsd[3343]: Battery disconnected. Aug 1 23:11:37 madeleine apcupsd[3343]: NIS server startup succeeded Aug 1 23:22:06 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: apcupsd 3.14.3 (20 January 2008) redhat startup succeeded Aug 1 23:22:06 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected. Aug 1 23:22:07 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: NIS server startup succeeded Aug 2 00:18:40 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery reattached. Aug 2 00:19:27 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected. Aug 2 00:19:37 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery reattached. Aug 2 00:22:13 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected.
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Aug 2 04:36:31 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected. Aug 2 04:36:40 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery reattached. Aug 2 04:36:48 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected. Aug 2 04:36:57 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery reattached. [root@madeleine ~]# date Mon Aug 2 08:45:41 CDT 2010 [root@madeleine ~]#
Current UPS status is:
APC : 001,038,0962 DATE : Mon Aug 02 08:56:47 CDT 2010 HOSTNAME : madeleine.localdomain RELEASE : 3.14.3 VERSION : 3.14.3 (20 January 2008) redhat UPSNAME : Clyde CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Back-UPS XS 1300 LCD UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: Sun Aug 01 23:22:04 CDT 2010 STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 121.0 Volts LOADPCT : 17.0 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 36.1 Minutes MBATTCHG : 25 Percent MINTIMEL : 10 Minutes MAXTIME : 500 Seconds SENSE : Medium LOTRANS : 088.0 Volts HITRANS : 136.0 Volts ALARMDEL : Always BATTV : 26.2 Volts LASTXFER : No transfers since turnon NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 0 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A SELFTEST : NO STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag MANDATE : 2007-07-06 SERIALNO : 8B0727R20810 BATTDATE : 2072-00-37 NOMINV : 120 Volts NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts NOMPOWER : 780 Watts FIRMWARE : 836.H5 .D USB FW:H5 APCMODEL : Back-UPS XS 1300 LC END APC : Mon Aug 02 08:57:32 CDT 2010
Hmmmm... Noticing above that the third anniversary of this UPS' birth (7/6/2007) approacheth, I wonder if this might be APC's way of trying to scare me into recycling...
Robert wrote:
Does anyone here have any "feel" for the "Battery disconnected" and "Battery reattached" log entries? The rebooting came as a result of me turning off modems, router, external drives, monitor, cordless phone and finally, the computer, trying to locate a quiet but annoying "chirp". The "chirps" stopped when I tilted the UPS to look at the front panel. As you can see, log entries stopped at as suddenly as they started.
<snip> Ah, yes, *that* chirp. Try doing a self-test on the battery. Oh, and I don't suppose the replace battery light's on? Check the manual - there's some trick to pushing in one of the buttons to tell it to shut up.
mark
On 08/02/2010 09:26 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us informed us:
Robert wrote:
Does anyone here have any "feel" for the "Battery disconnected" and "Battery reattached" log entries? The rebooting came as a result of me turning off modems, router, external drives, monitor, cordless phone and finally, the computer, trying to locate a quiet but annoying "chirp". The "chirps" stopped when I tilted the UPS to look at the front panel. As you can see, log entries stopped at as suddenly as they started.
<snip> Ah, yes, *that* chirp. Try doing a self-test on the battery. Oh, and I don't suppose the replace battery light's on? Check the manual - there's some trick to pushing in one of the buttons to tell it to shut up.
mark
Thanks to each of you who replied.
Mark, I did perform a manual self-test -- after downloading a UG for the UPS. Looks like it went to hell in the proverbial handbasket in 22 days. I'm not surprised, just di$$appointed. /var/log/messages.3:Jul 11 17:19:15 madeleine apcupsd[3297]: UPS Self Test switch to battery. /var/log/messages.3:Jul 11 17:19:24 madeleine apcupsd[3297]: UPS Self Test completed: Battery OK /var/log/messages:Aug 2 19:14:24 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: UPS Self Test switch to battery. /var/log/messages:Aug 2 19:14:24 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: UPS Self Test completed: Warning /var/log/messages:Aug 2 19:14:24 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: UPS Self Test switch to battery. /var/log/messages:Aug 2 19:14:24 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: UPS Self Test completed: Warning
Benjamin, the coincidence 'tween tilting the UPS and the chirps stopping got my attention last night. I have not yet crawled under the desk to check the connections but that's next.
Dave, you very likely pointed out my final course of action. 3 years is a pretty good life for a battery (my lawn mower should do so well!) and I'm thinking that with a little shopping, I can buy a new UPS for not too much more than a battery pack.
BTW, for anyone else who has misplaced the UG, try http://www.apc-forums.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/21-4883-21507-1294/BX... Instructions for muting that insidious little *CHIRP* are on the 4th panel of page 2. Thanks again, Mark.
On 08/02/2010 07:07 AM, Robert wrote:
Does anyone here have any "feel" for the "Battery disconnected" and "Battery reattached" log entries? The rebooting came as a result of me turning off modems, router, external drives, monitor, cordless phone and finally, the computer, trying to locate a quiet but annoying "chirp". The "chirps" stopped when I tilted the UPS to look at the front panel.
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Given the complaint was that the battery was disconnected and that it stopped when you moved the UPS, I would check the wires connections to the battery. Pop open the battery compartment and make sure the connectors are tight.
;)
Robert <kerplop@...> writes:
Does anyone here have any "feel" for the "Battery disconnected" and "Battery reattached" log entries? The rebooting came as a result of me turning off modems, router, external drives, monitor, cordless phone and finally, the computer, trying to locate a quiet but annoying "chirp". The "chirps" stopped when I tilted the UPS to look at the front panel. As you can see, log entries stopped at as suddenly as they started.
Aug 1 23:22:06 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected. Aug 1 23:22:07 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: NIS server startup succeeded Aug 2 00:18:40 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery reattached. Aug 2 00:19:27 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected. Aug 2 00:19:37 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery reattached. Aug 2 00:22:13 madeleine apcupsd[3344]: Battery disconnected.
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Had this happen with my APC UPS late January this year. After contacting APC support and working through their troubleshooting procedures, I ended up with a new UPS since mine was still under warranty.
Cheers, Dave
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